"Energy saver" option gone from System Preference

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"Energy saver" option gone from System Preference

does anyone else has their "energy saver" option gone from their system preference?

I use Macbook pro 16 with mac OS Big Sur 11.4, my screen goes to sleep every couple minutes when it's charging and every few seconds when it's not on charge. I wanted to change the setting and the only way that you could do is from energy saver option right? so mine does have that option in the system preference at all, is there any other options to change that if the energy saver option is gone?

thanks in advance for your help :)

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Posted on Jul 16, 2021 5:57 PM

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Eau Rouge

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Jul 16, 2021 6:31 PM in response to Sakhi_Hussaini

In macOS Big Sur System Preferences> Energy Saver was replaced by

System Preferences> Battery.

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Eau Rouge

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Jul 17, 2021 12:42 AM in response to Sakhi_Hussaini

Have you tried starting your mac up in Safe Mode,when restarting in Safe Mode the mac runs disk repairs and clears out some caches.How to use safe mode on your Mac – Apple Support (UK)

Safe Mode takes a long time to start up about 10 minutes, so be patient.When in Safe Mode run a few tasks, then reboot normally.Open System Preferences> Battery and see if the padlock has returned to the bottom of the panel.

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Eau Rouge

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Jul 16, 2021 7:15 PM in response to Sakhi_Hussaini

Have you tried the settings in Power Adaptor.

Are you logged in to an Administrator account.

https://www.macworld.com/article/234372/macos-big-sur-the-new-battery-system-preference.html

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Answer 4

Jul 16, 2021 6:50 PM in response to Eau Rouge

I did check that before and couldn't figured it out on how to unlock it to make changes and thought it's just for display only.

it shows all the options but it's somehow locked and there is no unlock button to unlock it.

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Answer 5

Jul 16, 2021 10:21 PM in response to Eau Rouge

Yes I am logged in as an Admin, Battery, Power Adopter and Schedule, they are all locked and can't be changed.

as soon as I open the battery option, it shows the lock in the bottom left hand side for for less than a second, it shows and disappears fast.

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"Energy saver" option gone from System Preference

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